| Community Budget Issue Requests - Tracking Id #2788 | |||||||||
| Peace for the Aging | |||||||||
| Requester: | Teresa Descilo | Organization: | Victim Services Center | ||||||
| Project Title: | Peace for the Aging | Date Submitted | 1/13/2006 3:10:42 PM | ||||||
| Sponsors: | Barreiro | ||||||||
| Statewide Interest: | |||||||||
| Reducing elder abuse through education, identification and providing services to this underserved population. | |||||||||
| Recipient: | Victim Services Center | Contact: | Teresa Descilo | ||||||
| 111 SW 3rd Street | Contact Phone: | (305) 379-8877 | |||||||
| Miami 33130 | Contact email: | teresa@vscmiami.org | |||||||
| Counties: | Dade | ||||||||
| Gov't Entity: | Private Organization (Profit/Not for Profit): | Yes | |||||||
| Project Description: | |||||||||
| Provide advocacy, groups, individual treatment to underserved elderly abuse victims. Also, provide a promotional and outreach campaign in order to educate and identify victims. | |||||||||
| Is this a project related to a federal or state declared disaster? | No | ||||||||
| Measurable Outcome Anticipated: | |||||||||
| Elderly victims who recover from their experiences as measured by improvement in validated measurements for traumatic stress, depression, anxiety and expectancy of success. | |||||||||
| Amount requested from the State for this project this year: | $125,000 | ||||||||
| Total cost of the project: | $156,250 | ||||||||
| Request has been made to fund: | Operations | ||||||||
| What type of match exists for this project? | Local | ||||||||
| Cash Amount | $20,000 | In-kind Amount | $11,250 | ||||||
| Was this project previously funded by the state? | No | ||||||||
| Is future-year funding likely to be requested? | Yes | Amount: | $125,000 | To Fund: | Operations | ||||
| Was this project included in an Agency's Budget Request? | No | ||||||||
| Was this project included in the Governor's Recommended Budget? | No | ||||||||
| Is there a documented need for this project? | Yes | ||||||||
| Documentation: | US Census, Research by FIU Ctr on Aging; Alluance 4 Hum. Serv. Master Plan; DV Gaps in Services Rep | ||||||||
| Was this project request heard before a publicly noticed meeting of a body of elected officials (municipal, county, or state)? | Yes | ||||||||
| Hearing Body: | Miami Dade Legislative Delegation | ||||||||
| Hearing Meeting Date: | 11/30/2005 | ||||||||
| Is this a water project as described in Section 403.885, Laws of Florida? | No | ||||||||